Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

Due to virtual reality technology that involves having the client wear a headset that can project realistic anxiety-provoking images, therapists can now conduct __________ therapies in their offices.

Frances is in therapy because she is very frightened of her father and feels tongue-tied around him. After a few months, she begins to feel frightened of her therapist also. According to Freud, this example illustrates __________.

A therapist challenges what she sees as her client's irrational and self-defeating thoughts. Her goal is to help her client change these thoughts into more rational, helpful, positive thoughts. In addition, she wants to help her client develop strategies that can be used to cope with future problems. She is probably a __________ therapist.

Which of the following is a limitation of humanistic therapies?

Dalton goes to a therapist for help in losing weight. He and his therapist develop a written agreement spelling out weekly step-by-step methods for Dalton to use in order to reach his weight goal. The plan specifies rewards for reaching weekly goals and penalties for not achieving them. Dalton's therapist is using which of the following methods?

Phillip is interested in helping his client change his maladaptive behavior. Phillip is most likely to be a(n) __________ therapist.

Therapy that depends on identifying and changing distorted thinking and unrealistic beliefs is __________ therapy.

Taylor tends to blow negative events out of proportion to their importance (magnification) while ignoring relevant positive events (minimization). What therapeutic technique may work best to help Taylor?

Which method of treating phobias involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object (either actual or imagined)?

When using __________, the psychoanalyst points out connections and associations the client may not have known to exist in her or his personality.

In __________ therapy, the client must learn an association between the target behavior and an unpleasant stimulus. Thus, the person receives unpleasant consequences for the undesired behavior.

Which of the following is an advantage of person-centered therapy?

Michael is 22 years old and still gets too many cavities from eating too many sweets. Michael's dentist trains him to think of the pain of having his teeth drilled each time he reaches for a piece of candy. The dentist is using __________ to curb Michael's excess eating of sweets.

Which of the following is a basic goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy?

Which of the following therapies has been successful across multiple settings in the establishment of desirable behaviors and modification of problem behaviors?

Cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies have had considerable success in treating many types of disorders, including depression, stress disorders, anxiety disorders, and even some types of schizophrenia.

Define transference and resistance as discussed by Freud. Explain the therapeutic purpose of these two concepts.

Psychotherapies that emphasize changing clients' perceptions of their life situations as a way of modifying their behavior are called __________ therapies.

The therapist's feeling of respect and affection for the client that exists without any strings attached, no matter what the client may say or do, is called __________.

The use of objects that can be traded for food, candy, treats, or special privileges, with the purpose of reinforcing behavior, is called a __________.